Jeff Fatt
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Jeff Fatt (born July 21, 1953 in Casino, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's band The Wiggles.
Along with fellow Wiggle Anthony Field, Fatt was a member of the 1980s Australian rock/pop band The Cockroaches. He was invited to join the Wiggles by Field, becoming the last member to join.
With the Wiggles Fatt wears a purple shirt. He plays the keyboard and the accordion. His schtick is sleeping at odd times and being startled awake by the other Wiggles. This has led to the popular catch-phrase, and the title of one of the Wiggles' songs, "Wake Up, Jeff!".
Fatt also provides the voice of the Wiggles character Henry the Octopus.
On the July 16, 2003, episode of the George Negus Tonight Show in Australia, Fatt described being recruited into The Wiggles: "I got this call from Anthony (Field) - 'Hello, Anthony. Go away, go away. I'm not interested,' you know. He's always got these ideas for things. He said, 'I've got this idea, come down to the studio.'"
Field replied, "You said, 'How long will it take?'"
Fatt is of Chinese Australian descent.
